After leaving a busy corporate job in 1998, Joan Smart purchased the Mountain Laurel Shop in the "Historic East Side" of Longmont, Colorado.  She has created a sanctuary away from the hubbub of the modern world for her shoppers.  Outside the shop, Joan has gathered items made to resemble vintage pieces that transport viewers back in time.  Inside the old Victorian house, she has decorated each room with collectibles from all over the US.  Each room is pulled together by a common theme to form a "vignette"---making shopping really easy.

Available at Mountain Laurel are cards of all types, personal bath assortments, candles, dishes, home decorating products, and all kinds of cookbooks and mixes for that special occasion.  The shop specialized in Country Fare, both primitive and traditional.  You can always find the perfect gift here and the customer service is outstanding.

For more information drop by the store at 514 Kimbark Street in Longmont Colorado, or call (303-774-0132), e-mail alsmart@concentric.net or check out the website.

For each month's featured customer, Bags tries to showcase a customer who has used a unique approach to their packaging, and to share a little about their business with you.  Hopefully this provides a bit of insight to how other businesses select their packaging products and to how Bags can help you find the right packaging for your business.  Perhaps you can find a business similar to yours among the companies listed here.  We continually provide links (see right column) to the past year's selections ... but all our featured customers' pages are also available.  Contact one of our sales consultants for more information.

Bags Customer of the Month program started in June 1999.